Dream Bannock

Maybe it's because the weather is turning colder; maybe because I've been putting in more hours on my stock photography website, but lately I've been having more and more food- and specifically cooking-related dreams. Last week I had a very scientific dream about making cinnamon hearts out of common household pantry items, which made complete sense in the dream, but upon waking... did not.



But this weekend I took a long nap in the afternoon during which I very methodically made some dough for bannock. Later when I wanted something to accompany the soup I made for dinner, I decided to go ahead and follow the recipe from my dream (with a little help from an actual recipe from the internet), and this was the tasty result.

Dream Bannock
2 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
a few pinches of salt
about 1 Tbsp ground-up flax and chia seeds
1 cup water
2 Tbsp Earth Balance
a pinch of fleur de sel

Mix together dry ingredients. Incorporate water until just mixed, and shape into a ball. Heat 1 Tbsp Earth Balance in skillet and flatten ball into a circle covering the entire surface. Cook about 8 minutes on medium heat (or until you just start to smell it maybe burning!); spread top with 1 Tbsp Earth Balance and sprinkle with fleur de sel, then flip and cook a few minutes more, covered. It’s ready when you stick a knife in it and it comes out clean.